Moolgarda

Moolgarda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Mugiliformes
Family:	Mugilidae
Genus:	Moolgarda; Whitley, 1945

Moolgarda is a genus of mugilid mullets found in coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific, including estuaries and rivers.

Species[]

The type species, Moolgarda pura, may be a synonym of (the bluetail mullet). If so, Moolgarda is a junior synonym of Crenimugil. Whitley also considered the thinlip mullet the closest relative of Moolgarda pura.^[1] Another species included in this genus is the (), FishBase classifies this species within the genus Crenimugil rather than in Mooldgarda, which if correct makes Moolgardia a synonym of that genus.^[2]

References[]

^ Gonzalez-Castro and Ghasemzadeh, 2015. Morphology and Morphometry Based Taxonomy of Mugilidae. pp. 1-22. Crosetti and Blaber (eds.). In: Biology, Ecology and Culture of Grey Mullet (Mugilidae). Taylor & Francis Group: London.
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). Species of Crenimugil in FishBase. February 2021 version.

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[1] Gonzalez-Castro and Ghasemzadeh, 2015. Morphology and Morphometry Based Taxonomy of Mugilidae. pp. 1-22. Crosetti and Blaber (eds.). In: Biology, Ecology and Culture of Grey Mullet (Mugilidae). Taylor & Francis Group: London.

[FishBase-2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). Species of Crenimugil in FishBase. February 2021 version.

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